Vegetable slicer



Oc t. 20, 1931.

QJERL VEGETABLE SLICER Filed Dec. 2, 1950 2 Sheets-Sheet l l I J I gwuentow Get. 20, 1931. o. ERL

VEGETABLE SLICER Fil ed Dec. 2, 1950 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 3 if ,E

or'ro OEOAKLAIID; eamee m, Assrc non' ro o'r'ro roon MAcHIiv' RYcOM 'PANYQOE O KLAND; CALIFORNIA, A ooieroaa'rion or cannon-um 7 i "vnenrennn smona Application filed December 2; 1930. Serial no; 499,458.

This invention relates to improvements in vegetable slicers of the typeiemployed in res taurants and hotels for slicing vegetables.

It is the object of this invention to produce a vegetable slicer of a substantial and simple construction that shall be very efiective and quantities of vegetables are tobe sliced.

This invention, briefly describechconsists of two spacedv parallel guides mounted on supports that are adapted to be fastened to a table. The guides carry acutter head that is. slidably connected-withthem and which is reciprocated by means'ofa crank shaft and connecting rod that can be'turnedbymeans of a crank orbyfa m ter; {The cutterhead has one end thereof formed witha fiat surfaceily ing'in one plane and the other end is formed from another fiat surfacevl'ying above the plane of ithefirst flat surface A knlfe 71S associated with the. upperplane and the cutting. edge of this knife isv spaced from I lower planea distance equal tolthe thickness of they cut; Extending upwardly fromthe lower flat surface directly inffro'ntof th e knife are a vplurality ,of short' blades spaced equal distances *1 apart. Located above the 'reciprocatingqcutter head is a removable frame having a plurality of spaced knife blades: extending transversely thereof v and located above this frame --is a hopper into which the vegetables'are placed andthrongh which they arefed to the'slicerf The front wall of this hopper extends downwardly into close proximity to the lower flat surface and this downwardprojection forms an abutment that holds the-vegetables during the cutting operation. 7

Having thus briefly described the invention, the same will now be described in detail and for this purpose reference will be had to the accompanying drawings in' which the preferred embodiment of the invention has been illustrated,'and in which:

Fig. 1' is atop plan view of the improved 7 Vegetable slicer;

Fig. .6 is atop plan view of portion of Y :cutter head showing the'slicing'knifeandthe slitting knives in their respectivepositions;

:VFig. v 4 transverse blade frame replaced: an openvwhich shall be adapted for use where large- 7 7 p V V I In the drawing numerallrepresents; the

7; ,is a view showing theremovable frame. 7

connected at their ends" by means" or cross cated, These legs serve to support theguides above the surface ofthe tabl-e or benchand i are provided withopenings 4 for the recep;

tion of securing bolts or screws;

' 1 1ea "that "thednnerf ces of the guides are provided with channels/Sin eni ma: slid ably mounted a cutter. head comprising two in 1 members GQthatare connected by meanspf Q"?- plates 7 and 8, which. arefsecuredtoithe p,

per. surfaces of bars 9 and 10,1respectively.

'Ihesebars are secured tolthezside members 6 by means-of :rivets 11. I From F ig, 3 it :be seenfthatthe plate? lies inY'a plane be- 7 low plate 8 and that a'knife' 12 is located {at the frontend of plate 8' and/forms an eXtensio nof the latter, Thelfront ends of knife 12 is sharpenedsoas to. form a cutting edge. 13 that is preferably; inclined with, respect tothe side 6. as shown more clearly in Fig. 6. Extending between the "side members 6, directly-in front'of the'cutting .edge of the knife12 .is' a transverse metal member 14 of a thickness equal to the distance from the top ,of plate to the' bottom of members i6. 4 Extendingupwardly from the upper suriblades 15, that are held in place by means of a bar 16,gas shown FiggB. The front ends off blades 15 are sharpened and these blades extend upwardly short distance cated in front of ;the,plate7 is a transverse :member 17 provided with two spacedends 18 ;tha't.'are perforated forthe reception of face of member 14 are a; plurality of slitting 1 above the upper surface ofthe knife 12. Lo-

a Pi fl19"tof whichfthe.rearfend er the} cennecting rod20iis coinnected i fl Secured were under s'ide'ofthe' guides 1 near the front ends fthat is divided by means of parallel cuts 40- 4Q'ares aced the'same distance apart as the of the latter are bearings 21in which is ro tatably mounted a crank shaft 22. This crank shaft has a crank 23 to which the frontend of the connecting rod is secured" Secured to the outer ends of the crank shaft 22 are sprocket wheels 24. Secured to the upper surfaces of the guides 1 to the rear of the crank shaft 22 are two bearings 25 in which is rotatably mounted a shaft 26. Secured t0 the ends of. shaft 26 are two sprocket wheels 27 and one end of this shaft carries, in addition to the sprocket wheel 27, a baldle 30. Sprocket chains 31- connect the sprocket wheels 24 and 27 and-when shaft 26 is rotated, it will rotate shaft 22 this in turn will reciprocate the cutter head 1n frame carries aplurality of knife blades 34 that. connect the opposite parallel sides in themannershown quite clearly in Figs.

1, 3- andl. A hopper 35 is supported on the upper surface ofthe frame 33 and has a rearwardly extending lug-'36 that-is pro vided on-its under surface with pin37 that extends into an opening in the transversebar 2. This pinservesto locate the hopper and to hold it against longitudinal movement. The 'front wall of the hopper which has been designated by reference nu merical 38 is inclined with-respect to the sides and has a downwardly extending portion 39 into a plurality of spaced lugs lla" The cuts knife bladeslfi, so that the latter may pass through these notches. The'llugs 4;1' serve as; stops to prevent the'vegetables from mov- 1n tion. v i

' With the construction shown and jtistdescribedylet' us assume that vegetables such aspotatoes are placed in the hopper 35and pressed downwardly. The transverse knives 34 will cut-the vegetables .into transverse slices and when'the cutter head is in its rearpressed downwardly into engagementwith the flat surface of plate 7. WVhen the cutter head is now moved forwardly, blades 15 will make longitudinal cuts in a manner quite 'ness. ance wheel 28 and a crank 29 'havinga han- V -forwardly when the slicer is opera been designated by reference character 33a. When frame 33a is substituted for frame 33, it is obvious that knives 12 and 15 are the only ones that operate to cut the vegetables and the latter will therefore leave the machine in the form of elongated square strips. If, for any reason knives 15 are not desired they can readily be removed by removing the strip 15 that holds them in place and with the machine altered in this way, th e vegetablesl will becut into slices of equal thick- From the-above'description it will be seen that I have produced a simple and substantial slicing machine that is especially well adapted for use where alarge quantit of b'age vegetables, such as potatoes,'carrots, cab

and similar vegetables are to be sliced. This machine can be made very strongand is there'- 'fore adapted for use where .it is subjected to the invention what is carried by the guides intermediate the latter,

means for reciprocating the cutter head, the cutter head having 1ts upper surface in two vertically spaced planes, the front end of the upper surfacebeing lower than the rear end,

agslicingknife located the front end'of the upper surface with its'cutting'edge above the plane of the lower surface, a plurality of spaced slitting blades secured to'thecutter head and extending upwardly from the latter just in front oftheknifaa frameremovable secured to the guides, a' plurality of spaced knives carried by the frameandextending transversely of the space between the guides, the lowered'ges of thetransverse knives lying in a. plane directly above the cutting edge of the slicing knife and a hopper removably secured to theguide, the front end ofthe hopper having a plurality of spaced lugs that extend downwardly into the space between the guides,the lugs being so located that the slitting knives will enter the space between them.

"In testimony whereof I affix mysignature.

obvious and blade 12 will cut the vegetables "If, instead of cutting the vegetables'into cubical form, it. is desired to have them in longstrips, the square cross section frame 33 and knives 3 are removedand replaced by a. v

similar frame with the knives. 34 removed.

This frame has been shown 'in'Figg7 and has Q OTTO nan: 

